Saturday, April 28, 2012

Turkey Hill/Weir River Farm, Hingham 4/28/2012


April 28 dawned clear and frigid with 15mph winds creating a wind chill that engendered a few complaints from the 7 assembled birders for the SSBC Turkey Hill walk.  Our route took us from the 3A parking lot up over Turkey Hill to the Weir River Farm, down along the Weir River and back up to Whitney-Thayer Woods along the Thayer trail to the American Holly grove and back to Turkey Hill and down to the parking lot for a total of 4 miles in 4 hours.  It was a slow and quiet morning for finding birds.  Our final entry was the best of the day - a non-singing Blue-winged Warbler working the thickets on the path back to the parking lot.
35 species total
1
Wild Turkey
1
Turkey Vulture
1
Cooper's Hawk
1
Broad-winged Hawk
1
Red-tailed Hawk
4
Herring Gull
1
Mourning Dove
2
Red-bellied Woodpecker
1
Downy Woodpecker
2
Eastern Phoebe
6
Blue Jay
5
American Crow
6
Tree Swallow
4
Black-capped Chickadee
19
Tufted Titmouse
3
White-breasted Nuthatch
1
Carolina Wren
4
House Wren
4
Eastern Bluebird
14
American Robin
2
Northern Mockingbird
12
European Starling
1
Blue-winged Warbler
Non-singing bird working the thickets on Turkey Hill path in a territory used in previous years. Yellow head and body, with black eye line, blue-grey wings with white wing bars.
1
Palm Warbler
4
Pine Warbler
5
Eastern Towhee
8
Chipping Sparrow
3
Savannah Sparrow
2
Song Sparrow
6
White-throated Sparrow
9
Northern Cardinal
9
Red-winged Blackbird
1
Brown-headed Cowbird
4
American Goldfinch
30
House Sparrow
Sally Avery

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Wompatuck State Park, Hingham - 4/26/2012



The SSBC trip to Wompatuck State Park this morning got off to a chilly sub-40 degree start at 6:30 a.m. Six participants walked the paths from the parking lot across from the visitors center until the main gate opened at 8.  From there we walked a loop around Holly Pond, checked the area around Pleasant Street, then walked from N7 Gate(?) to the bridge, where the most action of the day occurred.  It was a slow day for birds, but we did have 5 warbler species.  The sun shone brightly and the winds were light.  -Sally Avery
27 species total

2
Canada Goose
2
Double-crested Cormorant
4
Herring Gull
2
Mourning Dove
2
Downy Woodpecker
8
Eastern Phoebe
3
Blue Jay
7
Black-capped Chickadee
14
Tufted Titmouse
7
White-breasted Nuthatch
2
Carolina Wren
1
Winter Wren
5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
1
Hermit Thrush
17
American Robin
6
Ovenbird
All ovenbirds were audio only, but each of the six was heard in a different area of the park
5
Black-and-white Warbler
2
Palm Warbler
7
Pine Warbler
1
Yellow-rumped Warbler
18
Eastern Towhee
19
Chipping Sparrow
1
Song Sparrow
5
Northern Cardinal
13
Common Grackle
12
Brown-headed Cowbird
12
American Goldfinch


Sally Avery